Official UK procurement notice
DfE Internal Audit – Inspection Reviews of External Delivery Organisations (EDOs)
Authority: Department for the Economy (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for the Economy require a Contractor to complete reviews of the External Delivery Organisations (EDO) arrangements in place for their NDPBs, specifically Invest NI. The contract will commence in the final quarter of 2022-2025 and run for three years up to 31st March 2024, with the option of two one year extension periods.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services · Accounting review services · Accounting services · Accounting, auditing and fiscal services · Auditing services · Financial auditing services · Internal audit services
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology: 30%
- AC2 Personnel Experience: Key Account Manager: 9%
- AC3 Personnel Experience: Lead Auditor: 9%
- AC4 Contract Management: 12%
- AC5 Total Contract Price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- AC1 Proposed Methodology: 30
- AC2 Personnel Experience: Key Account Manager: 9
- AC3 Personnel Experience: Lead Auditor: 9
- AC4 Contract Management: 12
- AC5 Total Contract Price: 40
- Technical & professional ability
Details included within the Tender Documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 4 Mar 2022, 09:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jun 2022, 15:04 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Apr 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015518- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031df7Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Details included within the Tender Documents
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was. communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful. tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.” . . Insert appropriate reservations of rights and disclaimers of liability here consider - e.g.. . "The Authority expressly reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.".
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Submission deadline
- 6 Apr 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Apr 2022, 15:30 BST
Timeline
6 Apr 2022 → 5 Jul 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline6 Apr 2022, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Apr 2022, 15:30 BST
- Notice published6 Jun 2022, 15:04 BST
- Bids must remain valid until5 Jul 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Jun 2022- Status changed to complete6 Jun 2022, 15:04 BST
- Buyer details updated6 Jun 2022, 15:04 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavanagh KellySME, FPM ACCOUNTANTS LTDSMEjoint awardContract | £79,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Cavanagh KellySME, FPM ACCOUNTANTS LTDSME
- Signed
- 31 May 2022
- Value
- £79,200
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department for the Economy DfEContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Cavanagh KellyAwarded supplier
- FPM ACCOUNTANTS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria